A 1919 popular song
words and music by Jack Caddigan and Chick Story
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- They say it’s in Heaven that all Angels dwell
But I’ve come to learn they’re on earth just as well
And how would I know that the like could be so
If I hadn’t found one down here below
Chorus
A sweet little Angel that went o’er the sea
With the emblem of God in her hand
A wonderful Angel who brought there to me
The sweet of a war furrowed land
The crown on her head was a ribbon of red
A symbol of all that’s divine
Tho’ she called each a brother
She’s more like a mother
Salvation Lassie of mine
- Perhaps in the future I’ll meet her again
In that world where no one knows sorrow or pain
And when that time comes and the last word is said
Then place on my bosom, her band of red
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: